Risk Control Engineering

Willis has engineers who provide technical risk management and engineering services to energy clients worldwide. The Engineering and Risk Management team includes professional engineers with wide industrial experience and specialist knowledge in the identification of hazards and the assessment and control of risks. The team has broad experience in many facets of business and the Oil and Petrochemical industry, including off-shore/onshore production, gas processing, refining, LNG and poly-olefins production. The main scope of activities includes:

Risk assessment of facilities including management systems, procedures and fire protection facilities. For large multi-location companies a programme would be developed covering a number of years, with the first year of the programme would focus on the key locations.
Co-ordination and control of surveys attended by insurers.
Preparation of underwriting market reports (survey reports).
Analysis of risk exposures to facilities from major hazards such as fire, explosion and natural perils.
Evaluation of loss scenarios including those caused by fire, explosion, boiler and machinery breakdown, and releases of toxic materials using DNV PHAST modelling software.
Development of risk improvement measures designed to prevent or mitigate potential losses.
Conduct process safety reviews of major construction projects at the planning/design stage and attend project meetings. Provide advice on loss prevention features such as plant layout and spacing, process safety systems design and fire protection systems, including cost-benefit and return on investment analysis of loss control opportunities.
Provide technical support to clients on a range of technical issues including review of plant modifications, fire protection, safety management systems and preparation of procedures relating performance of surveys and scheduling.

The Energy and Risk Management team consists of professional engineers with previous operational experience in energy companies as well as insurance industry and risk management experience. This combination of operational and insurance industry experience offers our clients a unique service through the engineers' understanding of both industries ensuring effective communications between our clients and insurance underwriters.